Resilient vehicle-tire.



No. 849,156. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

F. MORRIS.

RESILIENT VEHICLE TIRE. APPLIGATION FILED 00T.9. 1905.

12m. J'W'J' 11g/.4.

FRANK MORRIS, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

REStLiENT VEHCLe-TEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ir'atentea apr-ii 2, 1907.

Application had October 9,1905. sean No. 281,985.

T a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Monnls, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Resilient Vehicle-Tires; and I do hereby declare that the `following is a full, clear, andV exact descri' tion of the same, reierence being had to t er annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to t e numerals and figures of reference marked is a transverse section of the wheel-telly and thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehiclewheel, showing my invention applied thereto and illustrating parts broken away. Fig. 2

tire, showing a transverse section oi the side plates. Fig 3 is a detached view showing two spring-sections linked together. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the wheel-telly and its tire, showin a transverse section ot the outer tire and iilustrating the position of the outer tire when weight is applied.

The present invention has relation to re- -silient vehicle-tires; and it consists in the novel arrangement hereinafter described, and

particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding `parts in all the igures of the drawings.

In the accompan ing drawings, 1 re resents the hub of t e vehicle-wheel, w 'ch may be of the form shown, or itmay be of any other'desired form, inasmuch as the hub within itself forms no particular part of the present invention. To the hub 1 are atf tached the spokes 2, and to the outer ends of the spokes is attached the telly 3, which partis, Within themselves form no particular, part of the present invention so far. as, their etailed construction is concerned.

Upon the outer periphery of the telly 3 is located and attached-in the usual manner the .y vltire 4, which tire is to be formed of a width .-4.5

equal to the width of the telly. The treadtire 5 is formed of a diameter greater than the diameter 'of the tire 4 and is so formed for the purpose of providing a space between the outer lperiphery of the tire 4 and the inner periphery of the tread-tire 5. For the purlpose'of providing resiliency for the tread-tire 5, S'Dr'ngs are interposed between the inner vand outertires, as best illustrated in Fig. 1. The springs consist of a series of short elliptic springs hwhich are connected together by sultablehnks 7 in substantially the same i ed together, and for the purpose of increasing i the elasticity of the tread-tire 5 I prefer to l employ two distinct series of springs located i concentrical with each other and the springs l and links alternated, as illustrated in the drawings, by which arrangementthespace between the inner and outer tire is reduced. The tread-tire 5 is provided with the integral right-angle flange S, `which integral right-angle iiange is formed of such a width that it will extend over a portion or all of one of the side faces of the telly 3. Upon the opposite side of the telly 3 is located. the ringplate 9, which ring-plate is formed of a size to correspond, substantially, with the size of the plate 8 and iits the shoulder 10, Jformed upon the inner periphery of the tread-tire 5. The ring-plate 9 is securely connected to the tread-tire 5, or more 'particularly to the integral flange 8, by means of the screw 11. It will be understood that the shoulder 10 should be so formed thatwhen the plate 9 is fittedor placed in position the flange 8 and plate 9 are so spaced from each other that they will be free to slide back and forth upon the side faces of the telly 3, but should be in ness is permitted as between the ange 8 and plate 9 and the telly 8.

arrangement I am enabled to produce a resilient tread-tire without any particular reference to the construction of the wheel and can wheel. I do not desire to be particularly coniined to any specific construction of the interposed spring or springs, as it will be understood that any variation may be ernployed without departing from the spirit of my invention. It will be understood that by interposing the springs 6 between the outer periphery of the fixed tire and the inner periphery oi' the outer tire that the outer tire will be cushioned, thereby providing a vehicle-wheel well adapted vfor use in automobiles and vehicles of like kind. l

Having Jfully ldescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

` l. In a vehicle-tire of the class described, the combination of a felly, a tire iixed thereto, a tread-tire formed of a diameter greater than the telly-tire, said tread-tire provided with an annular shoulder, and an integral such close contact that no unnecessary looseplace the same upon any ordinary iron-tired right-angled flange, adapted to tit one. edge.

It will be understood that by my peculiar i ICO IOS

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of thefxed tire and felly,arixig4 late adapted] Wheeltire, t'wo series of elliptic sprin to t the 4annular shoulder of t 1e tread-tire, f linkedtogether and the springs and links a the felly-tire and felly, respectively, and se ternated, substantially as and for the purcured to .said right-angled flange, and a sepose specified.

ries of elliptic spi'in s linked together and Intestimony'thatl claim th above Ihave located between the ell -tire and trea;d-tire,V

substantially as and or the purpose set ence of two witnesses.

forth'. f

2. In a. tire ofthe class described, the come FRBK 'MORRIS' bination of a tire secured to the elly of a Witnesses:

wheel, an outer or tread tire formed of a, dil J. A. JEFFERS,

ameter greater than the diameter of the F. W. BOND.

hereunto subscribed my name in' the pres- 

